After we enjoy breakfast, we will start our tour by visiting the Vatican Museums, the 6th most visited art museum in the world with a collection built up by Popes throughout the centuries. You will see famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Caravaggio.

Next we will visit the famous Sistine Chapel, the official residence of the Pope where you will see Michelangelo’s famous Sistine ceiling painting which depicts a scene from Genesis.

We will now visit St. Peter’s Basilica, believed to be the burial site of St. Peter, one of Christ’s Apostles and considered the first Pope.

We will walk to St. Peter’s Square, the picture perfect site well known for the Papal Masses.

We will enjoy free time for lunch.

In the afternoon we will walk to the Palatine Hill and tour one of the most iconic sites in Rome, the Colosseum. The massive amphitheater built in 70-72 A.D. by Emperor Vespasian and opened by his son Titus, is known for Its gladiator battles.

Next, the Roman Forum; a massive plaza surrounded by ruins of ancient government buildings, it was for centuries the center of Roman public life.

We will walk through Via Sacra and see the Temples of Vesta, an ancient Roman shrine dedicated to the virgin goddess of the hearth.

Visit the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, built around 141 A.D. by the Emperor Antoninus Pius.

Next we will visit the Basilica Julia and Aemilia, which will give us a better perspective of the glorious past of the Roman Empire.

We will end the tour in the center of the center and return to the hotel.

Accommodations

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